'Coffee’ is a high quality paper made from 50% reclaimed fibres (RCF) that were once ‘single use’ coffee cups. The paper is currently available in six colours: Latte, Cappuccino, Caramel, Hazelnut, Mocha and Espresso. ...
Tags: Drinkers, recycling process, Packaging
The scheme, which currently operates within the M25, provides a cost-efficient collection and recycling service to help paper cup manufacturers and organisations operating within the supply chain reduce their operating costs and improve ...
Tags: Huhtamaki, 'Simply Cups', Packaging
Smurfit Kappa said the new board reduces migration of any organic substances by 99%, and has been tested for a shelf life of more than 12 months. The activated carbon layer in the recycled board keep pollutants within the material and ...
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US-based paper manufacturing company International Paper will be investing $90m to restart an idle machine at its container board mill that will help in creating 65 new jobs. The machine has been out of use for the past five years. ...
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An interdisciplinary team at the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has received the Japan Society of Applied Physics’ 2014 Outstanding Paper Award. The award is only given to a select group of papers that present excellent ...
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Soraa Inc of Fremont, CA, USA, which develops solid-state lighting technology built on ‘GaN on GaN’ (gallium nitride on gallium nitride) substrates, has announced new psychophysical research proving that whiteness and color ...
Tags: Whiteness, Color Rendering, Electronics
Due to be introduced on January 1st 2015, the new waste regulations mean that businesses, including shopping centres and retail outlets in England and Wales, will be required to separate waste paper, metal, plastic and glass for collection. ...
Tags: Can Counts, Shopping Centres, Printing
While plastics and bioplastics continue slogging it out to develop the most sustainable plastic options, one company has developed a packaging form that makes plastic redundant. Material science company, Ecovative, has created a new class ...
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North Carolina governor Pat McCrory has sanctioned a $12m grant to help Evergreen Packaging Paper Mill in Canton adhere to the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) guidelines. The mill has been asked by the EPA to replace units that ...
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Kemet Corp. was among the biggest gainers on the Russell 2000 for September 18 as the stock popped 5.13% to $4.71, representing a gain of $0.23 per share. Some 183,200 shares traded hands on 749 trades, compared with an average daily volume ...
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Argex Titanium, Inc., a producer of high-grade titanium dioxide (TiO2) used as white pigment in paint, plastic, paper, cosmetics and other applications, has been selected as a major sponsor of the 2014 TiO2 World Summit being held in ...
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The China government will prohibit the sale and export of 60W or above incandescent light bulbs beginning October 1, according to s China-based Beijing Morning Post report. A few 60W incandescent light bulbs are available for sale at ...
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Flos has collaborated with Swedish photographer Carl Kleiner to present an exhibition, entitled Architectural Lighting, as part of this year’s London Design Festival. The exhibition, currently on display at London lighting showroom ...
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INVISTA is celebrating the 75th anniversary of the world’s first nylon manufacturing plant started in Seaford in 1939, which was set-up by DuPont, at a time when there were just a few applications for the new fiber. The Seaford site ...
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Graphene is an allotrope of carbon, whose structure is one-atom-thick planar sheets of sp2-bonded carbon atoms that are densely packed in a honeycomb crystal lattice. Frontiers, a manufacturing company that began at the University of ...
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